1964 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team
| 1964 Lamar Tech Cardinals football | |
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Southland champion | |
Pecan Bowl, L 17–19 vs. State College of Iowa | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 6–3–1 (3–0–1 Southland) |
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| Home stadium | Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 17,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar Tech $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 2 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trinity (TX) | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arlington State | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1964 Lamar Tech Cardinals football season was the program's first season in the new on–campus Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium. The Cardinals competed in the 1964 NCAA College Division football season as part of the Southland Conference. Winning the Southland Conference championship with a 3–0–1 conference record and a 6–3–1 overall record, the Cardinals played in the inaugural Pecan Bowl losing to Northern Iowa by the score of 19–17.[1]
Honors and recognitions
Vernon Glass was named NCAA College Division Coach of the Year for the season.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 19 | East Central* | W 21–0 | 13,567 | |
| September 26 | Abilene Christian |
| W 14–3 | 14,381 |
| October 3 | at Trinity (TX) | San Antonio, Texas | W 14–7 | 2,026 |
| October 17 | at San Diego Marines* | San Diego | L 28–33 | 5,000 |
| October 24 | Texas A&I* |
| L 12–13 | 12,256 |
| October 31 | Arlington State |
| W 17–7 | 11,021 |
| November 7 | New Mexico State* |
| W 21–14 | 11,252 |
| November 14 | at Arkansas State | T 7–7 | 4,400 | |
| November 21 | at SW Missouri State* | W 14–7 | ||
| December 12 | vs. State College of Iowa* | L 17–19 | 7,500 | |
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References
- ^ "Iowa Team Tops Lamar Tech, 19-17". New York Times. December 13, 1964. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
- ^ "University Dedicates Coach Vernon Glass Field of Champions". September 22, 2009. Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
Glass was also the NCAA College Division Coach of the Year in 1964 and 1965, and he was recognized by the Texas Sports Writers Association as Junior College Coach of the Year in 1959 while he was at Del Mar College.
- ^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
- ^ "Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
- ^ David DeLassus. "Lamar Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 26, 2016.